Month: August 2016

Number 15 in the song challenges wants us to share a song that “you would consider a guilty pleasure”. As I’ve mentioned earlier I’m trying to get away from this. Why would anything be a guilty pleasure? If it’s a pleasure it’s a pleasure. No social norms should make us feel guilty about it.

August 30: Back To School Freebie – anything “back to school” related. I went for “Where the protagonist goes to (some sort of) school”, which turned into a top 7:

Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell
Rowell’s books really appeal to me, which is why there are – exceptionally – two books from the same author in this week’s list. This book works fan fiction into the story, which amused me.

Jellicoe Road by Melina Marchetta
This is a book I’d heard about for years before I managed to find it. And it’s good (but maybe not as good as I had hyped it up to after those years?)

Please Ignore Vera Dietzby A.S. King
To be honest I don’t recall a great deal about this book, but my reading diary tells me I really liked it when I read it, so it clearly belongs in this post.

To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before by Jenny Han
This book started a trilogy (?), and this was by far the best part of it. Can of course be read as a standalone book as well.

Where’d You Go, Bernadetteby Maria Semple
This is a book I enjoyed at the time, but which has stuck in my mind in the way most books don’t. I intend to revisit this book soon, to see if it’s as good as I remember.

Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
I’m sure you all know this one, considering it’s now turned into a movie and all. (If anyone’s seen the movie, feel free to let me know if it’s terribly disappointing or worth seeing…)

Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell
This is a super sweet book about teenage love, that I really think everyone should read.

I’m an aunt (which is pretty great, they’re wonderful little people who I can still hand back to their parents when they get annoying), and this summer my 6 yo nephew – who is super shy – stood up in front of a group of people and sang to this song. He declared it to be his absolute favorite song ever. So this is the song that reminds me of a family member.

Now we’re back on track with the challenge again, titles that at least somehow make sense to me! Today it’s time for a song that “reminds you of summer”. Last summer I apparently listened a lot to this song, so this will be it! Happy Friday!